not on my watch
not on my watch
That will not happen while I am in charge or on the lookout. Calhoun: "Sheriff, those bandits could come back to town any day now. We're all terrified that they're going to rob us again!" Sheriff: "Not on my watch, Calhoun. I'll have those bandits locked up for life if they ever show their faces around here again!"
See also: not, on, watch
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- terrify or an animal out of
- keep a sharp lookout (for something or someone)
- be on the look out
- be on the lookout
- on the lookout
- be sb's lookout
- be (one's) (own) lookout
- lookout
- from afar